Grape Expectations: A Family's Vineyard Adventure in France
Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, France, Adventure & Literary Travel
| Author: | Caro Feely | ISBN: | 9780857657152 |
| Publisher: | Summersdale Publishers Ltd | Publication: | June 4, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Summersdale Publishers Ltd | Language: | English |
| Author: | Caro Feely |
| ISBN: | 9780857657152 |
| Publisher: | Summersdale Publishers Ltd |
| Publication: | June 4, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Summersdale Publishers Ltd |
| Language: | English |
"‘Delicious.’ I licked my lips. The wine filled me with joy. A picture of a vineyard drenched in sunlight formed in my mind. Sean drew me rudely back to the lounge of our semi-d.
'How can they be in liquidation if they make wine this good?’"
When Caro and Sean find the perfect ten-hectare vineyard in Saussignac, it seems their dreams of becoming wine-makers in the south of France are about to come true. But they arrive in France with their young family (a toddler and a newborn) to be faced with a dilapidated eighteenth-century farmhouse and an enterprise that may never, ever make them a living.
Undeterred by mouse infestations, a leaking roof, treacherous hordes of insects, visits from the local farm ‘police’ and a nasty accident with an agricultural trimmer, Caro and Sean set about transforming their ‘beyond eccentric’ winery into a successful business as they embark on the biggest adventure of their lives – learning to make wine from the roots up.
"‘Delicious.’ I licked my lips. The wine filled me with joy. A picture of a vineyard drenched in sunlight formed in my mind. Sean drew me rudely back to the lounge of our semi-d.
'How can they be in liquidation if they make wine this good?’"
When Caro and Sean find the perfect ten-hectare vineyard in Saussignac, it seems their dreams of becoming wine-makers in the south of France are about to come true. But they arrive in France with their young family (a toddler and a newborn) to be faced with a dilapidated eighteenth-century farmhouse and an enterprise that may never, ever make them a living.
Undeterred by mouse infestations, a leaking roof, treacherous hordes of insects, visits from the local farm ‘police’ and a nasty accident with an agricultural trimmer, Caro and Sean set about transforming their ‘beyond eccentric’ winery into a successful business as they embark on the biggest adventure of their lives – learning to make wine from the roots up.
